| Do Governments Save Money by Watching Smokers | | | | many smokers die earlier. They reported that the |
| Die Prematurely?This was the conclusion of a report, | | | | government had benefited from savings on health |
| commissioned by Philip Morris, who looked at the cost | | | | care, pensions and housing for the elderly that totaled |
| of smoking in the Czech Republic in 1999. They | | | | $30 million - the "indirect positive effects" of early |
| concluded that tobacco can save a government | | | | deaths (Arthur D. Little International, 2000). |
| millions of dollars in health care and pensions because | | | | |